Porky Chedwick is leaving the city where he has been a broadcasting legend since the late 1940s.

Chedwick and his wife, Jeanie, are moving to Florida in August, and he'll do what may be his last Pittsburgh-based radio broadcast, as a guest on WKFB-AM's (770) "Morning Memories Show," which is hosted by Caveman Ralph and Frankie Day. The three-hour tribute to Chedwick's long tenure on the Pittsburgh airwaves and his contributions to pop music airs Friday from 7 to 10 a.m.

Chedwick, 90, said he and his wife had been thinking about making the move south for a while. They're headed for a lakeside community in Tarpon Springs.

But it's not exactly a retirement. Plans are in the works for a Porky cruise near his new home next summer, and he's also looking at opportunities to do radio programs in Florida or creating shows to be broadcast here, he said. And they'll be back for oldies events like the Roots of Rock and Roll shows here.

Jeanie Chedwick says they plan to give out an address for fans to write to Porky during Friday's broadcast.

The broadcaster, who has lived here his entire life, says he's looking forward to this new chapter. His farewell message to listeners is vintage Porky: "Tell them it's later for the Pork-ulator. Right now, my man, I'm gone."

Chedwick signed on at the former WHOD-AM (which later became WAMO) in 1948, where he started a trailblazing career as a DJ who helped to desegregate popular music by introducing records by African-American artists to a larger audience. He remained on the local airwaves for years, at WAMO and other oldies stations, and most recently was heard on WKFB, the station that's airing Friday's tribute.

-- Adrian McCoy, Post-Gazette multimedia writer